http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/05/06/girls-against-boys/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 14:41:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/05/06/girls-against-boys/#comment-13018 Vagabondblogger Thu, 06 May 2010 15:42:10 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1511#comment-13018 I asked my husband about this statement (as I am confused) and he said he's read several articles recently related to this subject. Apparently either girls are speeding more, or in the past "turned on the waterworks" to get out of a ticket. We have both, but they are no longer teenagers, and I can state as a fact that our daughter avoided several tickets by crying (and bullshitting) her way out of them, just getting written warnings. Whereas, our son, is more likely (I was with him when this happened) to have a patrolman walk up, say "you were going this speed, don't get out of the car, just give me your license, I have everything else on you I need to know." (Just a bit scary, "I have everything else on you I need to know.") And it was Wham, Bam, Thank-You Ma'am with him. Let me add, that when I'm back in the States, in my small Connecticut town, I notice something of a bit of discrimination against young men / boys when it comes to traffic stops / tickets, as well. I asked my husband about this statement (as I am confused) and he said he’s read several articles recently related to this subject. Apparently either girls are speeding more, or in the past “turned on the waterworks” to get out of a ticket. We have both, but they are no longer teenagers, and I can state as a fact that our daughter avoided several tickets by crying (and bullshitting) her way out of them, just getting written warnings. Whereas, our son, is more likely (I was with him when this happened) to have a patrolman walk up, say “you were going this speed, don’t get out of the car, just give me your license, I have everything else on you I need to know.” (Just a bit scary, “I have everything else on you I need to know.”) And it was Wham, Bam, Thank-You Ma’am with him. Let me add, that when I’m back in the States, in my small Connecticut town, I notice something of a bit of discrimination against young men / boys when it comes to traffic stops / tickets, as well.

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